University of Alabama Percussion Professor and Epoch Percussion Quartet member Andrew Lynge stops by to talk about his job at Alabama and working through the pandemic (02:15), his percussion ensemble performing at PASIC twice in the last few years (18:45), Epoch Percussion (25:10), growing up near Dallas (32:00), going the Texas A&M-Commerce for undergrad and doing DCI (41:10) his master’s degree time at Colorado State (52:40), his doctoral years at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching at Commerce as an adjunct and his first job at Jacksonville State University (AL) (01:03:50), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a complete percussionist, bad jobs, his varying taste in movies, Cormac McCarthy, and The Bear (01:26:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Documentary Series The Beatles: Get Back (01:47:55).

Andrew Lynge links:

Andrew Lynge’s website

Andrew Lynge’s University of Alabama

Epoch Percussion

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Jennifer Caputo in 2016

John Wooton in 2022

Lauren Teel in 2017

Dave Hall in 2020

Shilo Stroman in 2020

Tom Burritt in 2021

Brian Zator in 2017

Other Links:

Mark Lanter

Mark Hunter

James Campbell

Blast!

Mandarins Drum Corps

Ken Ozzello

Kevin Welborn

Bluecoats Drum Corps

Cavaliers Drum Corps

Troopers Drum Corps

Clint Gillespie

Tim Feeney

Michael Strange

“Spine” - Michael Laurello

“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich

Oni Lara

Cory Fica

Nigel Fernandez

Jerry Junkin

Orbital - John Psathas

Dallas Winds

Re(new)al - Viet Cuong

Deja Vu - Michael Colgrass

Sandbox Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

Excelsis Percussion

Dan Moore

Gary Green

Sandi Rennick

Paul Rennick

Tyler Sammons

Matt Penland

Eric Hollenbeck

“Fantasy Variations” - Michael Colgrass

Cloyd Duff

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“Itsuki Fantasy for Six Mallets” - Keiko Abe

Tony McCutchen

Sean Womack

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

Carter Beauford

No Country For Old Men trailer

Lord of the Rings trailer

Nosferatu trailer

Robert Eggers

Anchorman trailer

Rocky trailer

The Wedding Planner trailer

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Hurtado BBQ

The Bear TV Show

Raves:

The Beatles: Get Back

Percussionist, Performer, and Educator Olivia Cirisan stops by to chat about performing Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley’s “37 across 39 down” at  PASIC 2024 (03:15), her master’s program at the University of Michigan and her responsibilities and work with chamber duos and gamelan (16:40), growing up (mostly) in Frankenmuth, Michigan, her piano and percussion background, and living with ADHD (37:15), attending the University of Michigan for undergrad, staying there for the master’s, and her time auditioning at Mizzou (01:02:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on self-seriousness in art, her experiences as a woman in percussion spaces, the Twilight movies, Albert Camus, and the Midnight Gospel series (01:20:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon (02:02:15).

Olivia Cirisan links:

Olivia Cirisan’s website

FLYDLPHIN

VIRID

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Cameron Leach in 2023

Megan Arns in 2016

Other links:

Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley

“Everything Now Right Now” - Robert Honstein

Logic Pro

VariSpeed

David Minnix

Joseph Gramley

Jonathan Ovalle

Doug Perkins

Ian Rosenbaum

Paige Madden

Late Night with the Devil trailer

Twilight: Eclipse shirt take off

The Office/Twilight Mash Up

The Shining as a Romantic Comedy

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt

Frankenmuth, Michigan

The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus

The Midnight Gospel trailer

Raves:

Dog Day Afternoon trailer

Percussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance Chair and Percussionist and Educator Elizabeth DeLamater returns to discuss all things Diversity Alliance that occurred at PASIC 2024 (03:15), the state of diversity items and initiatives in 2024 (18:15), and an update on items in her personal and professional world, including working at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and playing for Holiday gigs (29:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Colson Whitehead’s 1999 novel The Intuitionist (37:15).

Previous Episodes with Elizabeth DeLamater:

Episode 167

Episode 168

Episode 276

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned in the show:

Julie Hill in 2019

Heather Sloan in 2021

Joshua Simonds in 2017

Matthew Lau in 2021

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Other Links:

Terri Lyne Carrington

Adam Tan

Taku Hirano

Beibei Wang

Raves:

The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead

Percussionist, Composer, Freelancer, and Educator Melissa Wang stops by to talk about her PASIC 2024 performance of Kate Neal’s “Self-Accusation” (03:10), her percussion activities and responsibilities throughout the Chicago Metro area (21:50), growing up in Chicago, her early musical experiences, and her extracurricular activities, including her prowess at the Spelling Bee (31:35), getting her undergrad degree from Northern Illinois University (41:30), her percussion and composition degree work for her master’s at the University of Washington (51:05), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of mental health, being a woman in the percussion and composition fields, Shrek, viral videos, and the greatness of Evelyn Glennie (01:07:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Real Pain (01:39:40).

Melissa Wang Links:

Melissa Wang’s webpage

Melissa Wang’s PASIC page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Bonnie Whiting from 2020

Raychel Taylor from 2020

Other Links:

Kate Neal

Peter Handke

Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps

Gregory Beyer

Ben Wahlund

Liam Teague

Left Edge Percussion

Shrek trailer

Neo Yokio trailer

Shadow Behind the Iron Sun - Evelyn Glennie

Raves:

A Real Pain trailer

University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) Percussion Professor Kathryn Irwin stops by to talk about her 2024 Virtual PASIC performance of Joe W. Moore III’s “Is This Madness?” (04:55) and her performance with percussion quartet Without Borders at the 2024 In-Person PASIC (22:35), her job at ULM, teaching for the Honors department, teaching elementary school and building the music program (25:20), growing up in Mississippi and her earlier musical experiences (47:00), going to Louisiana State University for undergrad (51:35), getting her master’s at the University of Kansas (01:03:00), getting her doctorate at Michigan State University and working with their drumline (01:18:35), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the percussion and band worlds, having a terrible mall job, the Summer Olympics, and the impact of Japanese Kabuki Theater on Sueyoshi’s “Mirage” (01:30:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (02:04:35).

Kathryn Irwin Links:

Kathryn Irwin’s Virtual PASIC performance

Kathryn Irwin’s homepage

Kathryn Irwin’s ULM page

Without Borders’ YouTube page

University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) Percussion Professor and Chair of the Music Department Joseph Van Hassel stops by to talk about his recent PASIC performance with Alexandros Fragiskatos on a drumset duet (04:20), his UNCP job, freelancing, and his work in various positions for PAS (13:10), owning Media Press Publications and the detective work of finding “hidden gems” (37:20), growing up in Ohio, his composer brother, doing Bands of America in high school and getting further interested in percussion, and having a paper route (45:00), his years at Ohio University for undergrad (51:50), Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) for the master’s (58:45), Hartt School of Music (CT) for the doctorate and sabbatical work (01:09:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including commentary on student performances, the original Superman Movies of the 1970s and 1980s, great fiction and nonfiction books, and Christopher Reeve (01:23:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Wicked: Part One (01:47:00).

Joseph Van Hassel Links:

Joseph Van Hassel’s homepage

Joseph Van Hassel’s PASIC page

Joseph Van Hassel’s UNCP page

Media Press Publications

Principal Drumset Performer for SIX: The Musical on Broadway, percussionist, educator, and freelancer Elena Bonomo stops by to talk about her PASIC Presentation on Performing and Reading Charts for theatrical performance (03:20), her current gig on Broadway and freelancing work (26:10), growing up in Westchester (NY), her piano-playing grandmother, “GodTiny and The Angel-Headed Outsiders”, Great Drummers, and achieving a karate black belt (37:35), her undergrad at Berklee College of Music (MA) and studying with a wide variety of percussionists (53:25), her post-grad time performing on cruise ships and the effects of the pandemic in 2020-21 (01:04:55), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment, including segments on drummers playing too loud, her love of pasta, her lack of interest in sports, crazy experiences playing in wedding bands, and inspiring visual art (01:20:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 documentary series Gospel (01:44:15).

Elena Bonomo links:

Elena Bonomo’s homepage

Elena Bonomo’s Instagram

Elena Bonomo’s PASIC page

Other links:

Waitress

Cagney the Musical

“Everybody” - Backstreet Boys

“Larger than Life” - Backstreet Boys

“Genie in a Bottle” - Christina Aguilera

Rent: The Musical

Wicked: The Musical

Avenue Q: The Musical

Norman Edwards

“Cosmic Girl” - Jamiroquai

Continuum - John Mayer

Steve Jordan

Max Roach

Art Blakey

Tony Williams

David Garibaldi

Terri Lyne Carrington

Neal Smith

Jamey Haddad

Kim Plainfield

Joe Galeota

Jon Hazilla

“Billie’s Bounce” - Charlie Parker

They Cage the Animals at Night - Jennings Michael Burch

Bagels on Hudson

Raves:

Gospel documentary trailer

University of Windsor (ON) Percussion Professor Nicholas Papador stops by to talk about his recent PASIC Presentation on Klezmer arrangements with the help of Heartland Marimba (04:00), his job at Windsor, the Canadian Percussion Network, the Marassa Duo, his compositional career and living in Canada (16:25), growing up mostly in Portland (OR), and his expanded musical interests in classical music and punk rock (41:15), attending the University of Oregon for 2 undergrad degrees and a discussion of the Oregon-Wake Forest football connection (52:50), his years doing his percussion master’s degree at Indiana University (01:05:30), his doctoral years at Northwestern University (IL), his post-doctoral time in Ithaca, NY, and working as a percussionist for modern dance (01:13:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on Paul Auster’s books, places to travel, a bug attack at a symphony performance, and Mark Rothko (01:32:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the fans of Pete’s Percussion Podcast at PASIC (01:56:25).

Nicholas Papador links:

Nicholas Papador’s website

Nicholas Papador’s University of Windsor page

Nicholas Papador’s PASIC page

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Matthew Coley on the podcast in 2021

Aiyun Huang on the podcast in 2023

Joshua D. Smith on the podcast in 2018

Kevin Bobo on the podcast in 2017

Scott Herring on the podcast in 2022

Will James on the podcast in 2017

Other Links:

PASIC 2024 Week is here! Enjoy interviews from folks presenting on Friday, Saturday, and beyond, with contributions from Nicolas Papador (01:40), Elena Bonomo (15:00), Kathryn Irwin (38:50), and Elizabeth DeLamater (57:45).

Links:

PASIC 2024

Nicolas Papador and the Heartland Marimba Quartet

Elena Bonomo

Kathryn Irwin

Diversity Alliance Panel

It’s PASIC week! Get ready for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (2024 edition) with a preview episode featuring those performing on Thursday of PASIC, including Joseph Van Hassel (05:00), Melissa Wang (14:15), Olivia Cirisan (32:25), and Kathryn Irwin (47:35).

Links:

PASIC 2024

Joseph Van Hassel

Melissa Wang

Olivia Cirisan

Without Borders